Post by: soccerguy on November 26, 2012, 05:18:41 PM
A lot of the mature rams in this unit seem to be somewhere in the 150's...either because they do not have the mass, horn length, or other qualities. In three days hunting, we probably saw at least 10-15 per day in this category...a lot of them being in the low 150's. All of these rams were on public ground, some of them were a long way up vertically but after all, it is sheep hunting isn't it??
The third day of the hunt, we spotted a couple of potential shooters about 1200 feet above the highway. They walked over the top of the ridge out of sight so we decided to climb up and take a closer look. After a rather interesting climb, we topped out and, of course, couldn't find them. We did locate some other rams but they weren't shooters, so back down to the road we went. Driving down the road only another mile or so, we located another ram on the side of the hill much lower than than the original two "shooters" and he looked bigger! So, friend Eric and I climbed up the hill far enough to be within shooting range and I was able to make the shot...with help from friend Steve spotting from the road and waving arm signals.
His estimated score is 162-163. He's a chocolate color and I'm very happy with him.
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Post by: ellensburgpo on November 26, 2012, 05:42:45 PM
Nice ram, good on you for not paying extortion fee. :chuckle:
:yeah:
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Post by: soccerguy on November 26, 2012, 08:06:39 PM
Congrats on a nice looking ram. Hopefully you can help out other members that draw this tag in the future, so they can avoid paying the fee as well. :tup:
I will be more than happy to help any way I can. I did a lot of public land map research and can pinpoint the public areas very well. One annoying thing was the "Eaton Ranches" signs posted on what was obviously public ground...I totally ignored them and used my map info instead.
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Post by: Falcon on December 02, 2012, 09:29:32 AM
Nice job on a beautiful ram.
He holds his mass well.
He looks like an older ram.
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Post by: DeerThug on December 04, 2012, 05:29:52 PM
As far as I am concerned the Yakima River Canyon is ruined with "urban encroachment' on a wild area. while i understand private land, it is a sad day when that great resource is off limits to those of us with out $$. I know a guy that paid big dollars a few years ago to deer hunt up there. Opening day it was so crowded they took so many guys to cash in it was ridiculous. No one got anything...
I quit turning in for this unit because of this.
Post by: mkcj on December 04, 2012, 05:44:11 PM
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Post by: luvtohnt on December 06, 2012, 09:54:31 AM
One annoying thing was the "Eaton Ranches" signs posted on what was obviously public ground...
They have the mentality that if they lease they own it. I have a major issue with some of the things I have herd of them doing down there. Every time I see one of them all they do is complain about the damage the sheep are doing. It seems simple but they can not put 2 and 2 together to figure out if you allowed access for cheap or even free there would be no problem!
I herd that reds took over the fee for access because they have the hunting lease for Eatons ground. :dunno:
Brandon
Post by: hardcorecarnivore on December 06, 2012, 07:43:53 PM
I ran across this post the other day and was surprised to read some of the negative comments about the lease, signs etc... It didn't sound right so I decided to contact Steve at Reds and I urge anyone who wants to comment on this topic to do the same before saying too much.
A couple points after talking with Steve:
-No one can really demand any kind of fee, as many have said, there is plenty of public land in that area.
-I've hunted Eatons in the past and looked at some great rams! There are good rams on the PL but I would definitely consider Eatons if I got a OIL tag.
-There are plenty of things I can't afford but you can't always hold it against someone.
-Reds took over the deer hunting a couple of years back and nearly cut the # of hunters in half so I think the crowd has lightened up.
-There's quite few other areas to hunt/apply for.
-As for the Eaton signs, I thought that was wrong too. There are BLM signs next to each one explaining that it's our responsibility to know the boundary. Eaton does have ground beyond those signs and never put any No Hunting signs where they don't belong.
Hope this is helpful. I always thought the guys at Reds were decent and god knows, WA could use a little more quality game management! Again, I would contact Steve if you truly have interest in this subject.
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Post by: Dan-o on December 20, 2012, 09:01:34 PM
I am sooooooooo jealous.